Wednesday 4th March 2026

Opinion

We need summer re-sits

Desmond Weisenberg discusses the impact of Oxford's lack of summer re-sits

Course culling is a threat to us all

Education is valuable for its own sake, Rampant course culls are the result of wrongly boiling it down to economic value.

Oxford’s poverty porn addiction

It exists in the overly sympathetic sighs of ‘solidarity’, the overexaggeration of comparatively minor and mundane inconveniences

Oxford is making you childish

With rooms cleaned, meals made, and jobs banned, Oxford students fail to experience true independence. Is it any wonder we're so childish?

The problem with cultural appropriation

Simran Uppal explains why cultural appropriation can perpetuate oppression

Reconsidering Israel

Daniel Kodsi suggests that we should not jump to criticise the Israeli government

"NHS crisis? What NHS crisis?"

Jacq Mehmet suggests that the government is misleading us over the state of the NHS

The Oxstew: One Bad Thing After Another

Bex Watson exposes yet another Union scandal

The International Student: Look east Mr Cameron

Maria Wilczek calls for closer cooperation between Britain and Poland in the pursuit of EU reform

Interview: Sir Steve Redgrave

Helen Record discusses rowing, rivers and the position of women in sport with the five-time Olympic gold medallist

It is time to start thinking about rape more openly

Bex Watson discusses her personal experience of coming to terms with rape

Debate: are we in Oxford University’s golden age?

Patrick Mulholland and Philip Pope discuss the current state of our University

Cameron’s passage to India

The Indian Prime Minister's visit this month shows we've finally turned the page in Anglo-Indian relations

Profile: Akala

Tom Barrie discusses racism, activism and lyricism with the hip-hop artist and scholar

A pack of lies: Queuing and The Oxford Union

Tom Carter argues that the Oxford Union's real problem is not its pathetic hackery but rather its queuing culture

How can we change the tax credits system?

Patrick Mulholland evaluates the changes to the working tax credits system recently rejected by the House of Lords

How should we define ‘Britishness’?

Simran Uppal argues that the connection between ethnicity and cultural identity is a fluid one

The International Student: Starbucks’ Christmas crisis

Joshua Caminiti evaluates the scandal that has evolved around Christmas coffee in North America

Interview: Paul Mason on Post-capitalism

Ellen Milligan discusses the European Union and the future of capitalism with the Channel 4 Economics Editor

OUSU election: why are Oxford students so disaffected?

David Browne argues that the low turnout reflects OUSU's perceived irrelevance among students

The OxStew: Time to vote RON

This week our columnist suggests that RON looks like a promising OUSU candidate

Debate: keep calm and carry on in response to terror?

Freddie Hopkinson and Harry Gosling discuss the best response to terrorism in light of the attacks in Paris

Paris must look beyond its grief

Marc-Andrea Fiorina describes his reaction to the terrorist attacks as a French national living abroad

Profile: Nick Robinson

The BBC veteran discusses comebacks, commentary and what's next for the Labour Party

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